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Bulletin  of  Hamline  University 

UNIVERSITY  OF  ILLIH   S  LIBRARY 
FEB    5  1921 


Religious 
Leadership 


NOVEMBER,  1920 
VOL.  X  No.  4 


Courses  Preparing  for  Religious  Leadership 

Introduction 

The  urgent  demand  for  efficient  leaders  in  religious  and 
social  work  as  shown  by  the  Centenary  Life  Service  Re- 
quirements of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  and  the  new 
demand  for  teachers  for  week-day  religious  instruction  will 
tax  the  resources  of  the  colleges  for  years  to  come.  Our  own 
Church  is  calling  for  13,000  full-time  workers  and  40,000  lay 
workers  to  meet  its  Centenary  program.  According  to  the 
Survey  of  the  Department  of  Life  Service  of  the  Joint  Cen- 
tenary Commission  these  53,000  trained  workers  are  needed 
as  follows: 

1.  For  the  Board  of  Foreign  Missions,  1,250. 

2.  For   the   Board   of  Home    Missions,    1,420. 

3.  For   the    Woman's    Foreign    Missionary    Society,    500. 

4.  For  the  Woman's  Home  Missionary  Society,  500. 

5.  For  Colleges  and  Special  Training  Schools,  230. 

6.  As  Directors  of  Religious  Education,  Social  Workers, 
and    Pastor's    Assistants,    1,700. 

7.  For   the   Ministry,   7,400. 

8.  For  lay  service  in  local  churches,  40,000. 

It  is  to  meet  our  share  of  this  responsibility  lhat  the  De- 
partments of  Biblical  Literature,  Sociology  and  Rural  Leader- 
ship, and  Religious  Education  are  being  developed. 

We  recognize  that,  in  a  real  sense,  all  true  education  is 
religious,  and  hence  all  the  courses  offered  in  this  institu- 
tion have  a  direct  religious  bearing  on  life. 

The  regular  courses  also  in  Biblical  Literature  as  con- 
ducted by  Dr.  Charles  Horswell  are  so  strong  and  founda- 
tional and  so  well  established  as  to  need  no  further  emphasis 
here.  The  special  announcement  of  the  following  courses  is 
therefore  to  be  understood  only  as  a  statement  of  those 
courses  offered  in  our  curriculum  that  are  especially  designed 
to  develop  not  only  individual  power  and  social  adjustment 
but  also  the  technique  required  for  the  most  efficient  Chris- 
tian leadership. 


The  Department  of  Sociology  and  Rural 
Leadership 

Albert  Z.  Mann,  Professor 
1.     ACADEMIC  COURSES. 

1920-1921. 
SEMESTER   I— 

21  General  Sociology 
Social  Evolution 

37     Rural  Sociology 
33     Community  Analysis  and 
Programs 

SEMESTER  II— 

22  General  Sociology 


38 


34 


Social  Technology 
Rural      Institutions      and 
Leadership 

Recreation  and  Commun- 
ity Club  Activities 


1921-1922 


SEMESTER   I— 

21     General  Sociology 
Social  Evolution 

31     Social  Psychology 

39     Rural  Economics 

33a  Rural    Communities  ) 

33b  Urban  Communities  ( 

Sociology      and      Demog- 
raphy 

35     Social   Aspects    of   Relig- 
ion 


SEMESTER   II— 

22     General  Sociology 
Social  Technology 

32     Modern    Social    Problems 

40     Rural     Social     Organiza- 
tion 

34a  Rural     Communities  ) 

34b  Urban  Communities  \ 
Surveys  and  Programs 

36     Sociology  of  Education 


Required    for    Major:      Courses    21,    22,    31,    32,    and    two 
other  courses  outlined  above. 


THREE 


Extension  Program  of  the  Rural  Leader- 
ship Department 

I.  EXTENSION  COURSES,  Including 

1.  Reading  Course  Assignments. 

2.  Field  Assignments,  Community  survey,  Parish  pro- 
gram building,  Evangelism,  Finances,  Publicity,  Recrea- 
tion, Religious  Education,  etc. 

3.  Summer  Short  Courses  offered  by  University  and 
Board  of  Home  Missions  co-operating  in  a  Summer- 
School  for  Rural  Pastors. 

4.  Correspondence  and  visitation  by  Director  of  the 
Department. 

5.  Details  as  to  College  and  Graduate  credit  will  be 
sent  on  request  to  the  Director. 

II.  CO-ORDINATION    WITH    AGRICULTURAL    COLLEGE, 
with  view  to 

1.  Offering  a  well-balanced  course  in  Rural  Leadership. 

2.  Recruiting  and  training  Students  for  Christian  Life 
Service. 

3.  Assisting  in  program  of  Agricultural  College 
Church  (St.  Anthony  Park)  and  in  other  religious  activi- 
ties of  the  College  and  Farm  School. 

III.  CO-OPERATION  WITH  MINNESOTA  AND  NORTHERN 
MINNESOTA  CONFERENCES,  through 

1.  District  Superintendents.  Assisting  through  District 
Conferences,  District  Rural  Societies,  Institutes,  Group 
Meetings,  etc. 

2.  The  Rural  Life  Commissions  of  the  two  Conferences. 
Outlining  programs,  making  investigations,  arranging 
exhibits,  etc. 

3.  The  pastors  and  local  parishes.  Assisting  by  cor- 
respondence and  visitation  in  local  programs,  surveys, 
conferences,  etc.  (This  will  be  done  on  invitation  only, 
except  on  the  initiative  and  under  the  direction  of  the 
Rural  Department  of  the  Board  of  Home  Missions) 

IV.  SURVEYS,  MAPPING  AND  STATISTICS 

Maps  of  the  eight  Districts  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
Church  in  Minnesota  and  a  number  of  counties  and  com- 
munities will  be  made  this  year  with  a  view  to  allocat- 
ing  denominational   responsibility,   more   adequately   re- 


parishing  the  state  and  rendering  more  efficient  pastoral 
and  religious  educational  service.  Special  studies  are 
under  way  in  the  Northern  lumber  regions,  the  Iron 
Range,  and  in  several  small  cities  and  rural  sections  of 
the  State  offering  problems  of  unusual  importance  for 
immediate  investigation. 

V.       ESTABLISHMENT   OF  MINNESOTA   RURAL   METHO- 
DIST HEADQUARTERS,  including 

1.  Rural  Life  Library  and  Laboratory,  with  facilities 
for  map  and  chart  making,  mailing,  study,  etc.,  for  stu- 
dents and  visiting  pastors. 

2.  Clearing  house  of  Rural  Church  and  Rural  Life  Infor- 
mation for  the  State.  At  the  service  of  District  Superin- 
tendents, Denominational  Boards,  Pastors,  Leaders,  etc. 

3.  Depository  for  charts,  slides,  bulletins,  etc.,  and  Direc- 
tory for  church  and  co-operative  organization. 

Purpose   and   Support. 

This  Department  is  made  possible  through  the  co-opera- 
tion of  Hamline  University  and  the  Rural  Department  of  the 
Board  of  Home  Missions  and  Church  Extension  of  the  Meth- 
odist Episcopal  Church.  Its  purpose  is  to  offer  efficient  train- 
ing for  Rural  Leadership  in  Christian  Life  Service  and  to 
develop  better  rural  life  and  Institutions  through  the  church. 

The  aim  of  the  Department  of  Sociology  and  Rural 
Leadership  is  to  correlate  the  Academic  and  the  Extension 
interests  in  such  a  program  as  will  serve  not  only  the  cultural 
demands  of  the  students  but  also  the  service  demands  of 
the  communities  from  which  they  come  and  into  which  they 
go. 

Suggestions  as  to  the  improvement  of  the  Extension 
Program  of  the  Department  will  be  gladly  received  at  any 
time. 

Address  all  inquiries  or  communications  to  Albert  Z. 
Mann,  Director  Department  of  Rural  Leadership,  Hamline 
University,  St.  Paul. 


Minimum  Requirements 

Recognized* summary  for  Rural  Leadership  standardized  by  the  National 
Committee  on  Country  Life  and  approved  by  the  Rural  Department  of  the 
Board  of  Home  Missions  and  Church  Extension  of  the  Methodist  Episco- 
pal Church  for  Colleges  and  Universities  co-operating  in  Rural  Leadership 
Training. 

Subject  Semesters 

General   Sociology    2 

General  Economics    2 

Rural   Sociology    1 

Rural  Economics    1 

Rural  Institutions — Leadership   1 

Community  Surveys — Programs    1 

Religious  Education 2 

Agriculture — Farm  Practice   2 

History  of  Religion  2 

Public  Speaking   1 

English — Sermon  or  Publicity   1 

Public  Health    1 

Hygiene    1 

Journalism  or  Publicity  1 

Rural  Politics    1 

Social  Psychology 1 

Bible — All  that  can  be  secured. 

These  courses  are  provided  through  the  co-operation  of 
this  Department  with  other  Departments  of  the  University 
and  by  special  arrangement  with  the  State  Agricultural  Col- 
lege. 


The  Department  of  Religious  Education 

Cecil  D.  Smith,  Assistant  Professor 
ACADEMIC    COURSES 

21.  History  of  Religious  Education. 
Rise    of    the    movement;     develop- 
ment of  organizations;   problems  of 
the  field. 

Open  to   Sophomores,  Juniors,  and 
Seniors. 

Offered     second     semester    1920-21 
and  first  semester  1921-22. 

22.  Principles  of  Religious  Education. 
Consideration  of  the  principles  un- 
derlying religious  education  and 
their  application  to  problems  of  the 
field. 

Prerequisite,  Course  21. 
Offered  second  semester  1921-22. 

23.  Organization  and  Methods  for  the   Young  People's  Divi- 

sion of  the  Church  School. 

Significance  and  characteristics  of  adolescence;  rise  of 
the  young  people's  movement;  evaluation  of  organiza- 
tions and  methods:  correlation  and  unification  of  agen- 
cies; the  four-fold  program;  problems.  Practical  work 
required. 
Offered  first  semester  1921-22. 

24.  Worship  and  Music  in  the  Church  and  School. 
Principles  and  methods   of  worship;    hymnology,   choirs, 
pageantry;    use  of  extra  Biblical  materials. 

Offered  second  semester  1921-22. 

26.     World  Conditions  and   Christianity. 

A  brief  survey  of  conditions  at  Home  and  Abroad  as  re- 
vealed by  the  Interchurch  World  Survey.     Study  of  the 
missionary  fields  and  their  challenging  needs. 
Open  to  Sophomores,  Juniors,  Seniors. 
Offered  second  semester,  1920-21. 

31,  32.  Organization  and  Administration  of  Religious  Educa- 
tion. The  organization,  administration,  and  curriculum 
of  the  local  Church  School  and  of  the  Religious  Week- 
day School. 

Offered  first  and  second  semesters  1921-22. 
Open   to   Juniors   and   Seniors   who   have   taken   Courses 
21  and  22. 

SEVEN 


Extension  Program 


COURSES 

In    addition    to 
the  above  courses 

offered  in  the  Uni- 
versity, the  fol- 
lowing courses 
are  being  offered, 
1920-21,  meeting 
once  a  week, 
without  academic 
credit,  with  stu- 
dents enrolled: 

HAML1NE  METHODIST  EPISCOPAL  CHURCH 

C.  D.  Smith,  Director  of  Religious  Education 

I.  At  Hamline  Methodist  Episcopal  Church  School. 

1.  The  Meaning  of  Faith. 

A  course  in  the  fundamentals  of  Christian  faith. 
Open  to  Juniors  and  Seniors. 
Text:     Fosdick;    Meaning  of  Faith. 

2.  Christian  Teachings   on   Social  and   Economic   Prob- 
lems. 

Text:   Robinson. 

Open  to  Freshman  and  Sophomore  men. 

3.  "Talks  to  Girls." 

Open  to  Freshman  and  Sophomore  girls. 

II.  Under  Auspices  of  the  Y.  M.  C.  A. 

1.     The    American    Christian    Citizenship    Training    Pro- 
gram. 

For  leaders  of  boys. 

One  hour  of  instruction,  and  two  hours  of  practical 
work  each  week. 

III.  Under  auspices  of  Y.  W.  C.  A. 

1.  Story-telling. 

2.  Girl  Scout  Leadership. 


CENTRAL  PARK  METHODIST  EPISCOPAL  CHURCH 
Offering  a  Laboratory  for  Social  Service.  Located  "Down-town"  in  St.  Paul. 


Affiliation  with  Churches 

Hamline's  ideal  location,  midway  between  the  Twin  Cities, 
affords  for  the  students  abundant  opportunity  to  hear  the  best 
religious  messages,  observe  successful  church  methods,  and 
participate  in  their  activities.  Official  relationship  has  been 
established  with  Hamline  and  Central  Park  Methodist  Epis- 
copal Churches.  Hamline  Church,  facing  the  Campus,  offers 
a  demonstration  center  and  laboratory  for  methods  in  relig- 
ious education  for  a  suburban  church.  Central  Park  Church, 
situated  in  a  settlement  district,  with  a  constituency  of  many 
nationalities  and  a  varied  program  of  Good  Will  industries, 
community  classes,  and  other  social  service  activities,  affords 
an  ideal   laboratory   for   study   of,    and   participation   in,    the 


solution  of  the  problems  of  a  "down-town"  church.  Exten- 
sion courses  are  arranged  with  these  institutions  and  oppor- 
tunity is  offered  students  in  the  Departments  of  Religious 
Education  and  Sociology  to  do  practical  work  in  connection 
with  these  and  other  Twin  City  churches.  Rural  parishes 
contiguous  to  the  Cities,  Student  charges,  and  Centenary  pro- 
jects in  the  two  conferences  of  the  State  offer  ample  oppor- 
tunity for  laboratory  study  in  rural  religious  problems  and 
leadership. 

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The  Summer  School 

For  the  past  two  years  Hamline  University  in  co-opera- 
tion with  the  Rural  Department  of  the  Board  of  Home  Mis- 
sions and  Church  Extension  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
Church  has  promoted  successful  Summer  Schools  for  Rural 
Pastors  and  a  new  vision  of  service  has  been  imparted  to 
those  who  attended,  resulting  in  a  broader  and  more  effective 
ministry. 

The  Summer  Courses  this  year  will  be  offered  June  13th 
to  July  2nd  with  a  strong  faculty,  new  courses  and  a  four 
year  curriculum  adapted  to  meet  the  needs  not  only  of  the 
rural  pastors  in  a  broader  way  than  heretofore  but  also  of 
the  undergraduates  in  the  conference  course  of  study.  Larger 
opportunity  is  also  offered  to  those  in  post-graduate  standing 
who  desire  to  continue  systematic  courses  of  study. 

Details  of  the  Summer  Session  will  be  announced  later 
with  particulars  regarding  faculty,  curriculum,  entertainment, 
scholarships,  etc.  Pastors  will  be  invited  to  bring  their 
wives  and  special  courses  will  be  offered  in  church  work  with 
women   and   girls. 

Suggestions  as  to  the  improvement  of  the  School  will  be 
welcomed.  Address  suggestions  or  inquiries  to  Albert  Z. 
Mann,  Dean  Summer  School,  Hamline  University,  St.  Paul, 
Minn. 


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